Security Manager Contracts in the City of London

Security Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Security Manager daily rate in the City of London is £635, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 135 179
Rank change year-on-year +25 +44 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 17 15 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.80% 0.54% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.57% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 15
10th Percentile £540 £510 £505
25th Percentile £563 £511 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £588 £705
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% -16.67% +17.50%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £811
90th Percentile £727 £713 £835
Central London median daily rate £635 £600 £705
% change year-on-year +5.83% -14.89% +17.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,978 2,612 4,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 94.06% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 1,841 2,835
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £792
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 55
10th Percentile £15.95 £17.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £28.06 £17.97 £18.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £38.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.63% -9.52% +29.63%
75th Percentile £112.00 £50.63 £58.13
90th Percentile £137.50 £71.75 £78.75
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £38.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -7.89% -6.17% +20.90%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Manager in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Manager in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Manager in the City of London

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, Security Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 13 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) Information Security
2 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 8 (47.06%) Finance
3 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (47.06%) CISM
3 8 (47.06%) CISSP
4 7 (41.18%) CISA
4 7 (41.18%) Management Information System
4 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (35.29%) PCI DSS
5 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
5 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
5 6 (35.29%) ISO 22301
5 6 (35.29%) ISACA
5 6 (35.29%) CESG
5 6 (35.29%) CESG Certified Professional
5 6 (35.29%) Risk Register
5 6 (35.29%) Change Advisory Board
6 4 (23.53%) Agile
7 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (17.65%) SIEM
7 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
7 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
7 3 (17.65%) Operational Technology
7 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.76%) Customer-Centricity
8 2 (11.76%) PMO
8 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills

Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) DB2
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Management Information System
2 6 (35.29%) CESG
3 3 (17.65%) Operational Technology
4 2 (11.76%) FMCG
5 1 (5.88%) CSOC
5 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) Information Security
3 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (35.29%) Change Advisory Board
4 6 (35.29%) Risk Register
5 4 (23.53%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
6 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
6 3 (17.65%) SIEM
7 2 (11.76%) Change Management
7 2 (11.76%) Customer-Centricity
7 2 (11.76%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
7 2 (11.76%) Project Management
7 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
7 2 (11.76%) Static Application Security Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (5.88%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) CISM
1 8 (47.06%) CISSP
2 7 (41.18%) CISA
3 6 (35.29%) CESG Certified Professional
3 6 (35.29%) ISACA
3 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (5.88%) CCSP
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (35.29%) ISO 22301
2 6 (35.29%) PCI DSS
3 2 (11.76%) PMO
4 1 (5.88%) NIST
4 1 (5.88%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) VMware